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April Fools’ Day is commonly known as a day of practical joking and merrymaking. While some have ignored this whimsical and light-hearted day of frivolity, others have thrived in the spirit it represents and have kept the tradition going for centuries. The beginnings of April Fools’ Day are unclear. While there are some differing versions […]

Are you going to the Spring Banquet and why?

It all started in 2004 with a lecture on C. S. Lewis at the University of Tennessee. After speaking about Lewis’ opinions on gender relations, Dr. Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, head of the Eastern psychology department, began the process of writing her sixth self-published book, “A Sword between the Sexes?: C. S. Lewis and the

 First-year Lauren DiBona used the popularity of the recent hit show “Glee” and her own experience in high school drama club to help start a Glee Club on campus. Eastern’s Glee Club is a show choir that puts together and performs choreographed arrangements of popular music and a few show tunes.   What makes Glee

Salsa Club returns with a bang

 If you are fed up with the housing lottery, Student Development is offering a new option that would eliminate the stress of waiting for hours to hear your number called only to get placed in a room you do not want.   The Community Sustainability Option allows any current resident student to remain in their

 It has been years since a student-run radio station has broadcast from campus. “A lot of great opportunities come from radio broadcasting, and I didn’t want Eastern University students to go without that,” sophomore James Laughlin said, explaining his efforts to give Eastern a radio station of its own.    Now, having won student government

If I could do anything during Spring Break, I would …

For a moment, the stage in McInnis Auditorium resembled a Fruit of the Loom commercials, as six oversized produce products jumped and scurried around. The hilarious opening introduced an hour-long dance piece, called “Fruit for Thought” that explored the different meanings of the fruits of the spirits and their opposites. The emotional collection of dances,

Although it was early for a Saturday, several members of Students in Free Enterprise and Earthkeepers met at 10 a.m. at the greenhouse behind Doane Hall to complete manual work as a part of Blackout, a month-long campaign to save energy. What was advertised as Clean-up Day turned out to be a day of up-keeping